STORRS, Conn. - The UConn men's hockey team will open play in Hockey East starting next fall and deposits for 2014-15 season tickets for the Huskies home games at the XL Center in downtown Hartford are now being accepted.

Fans can visit UConnTickets.com today to reserve their season tickets for the Huskies inaugural season in Hockey East. A $20 deposit is required for each season ticket. The 2014-15 schedule will be released at a later date.

The Huskies will become the 12th member of Hockey East in 2014-15. The historic league is in the midst of celebrating its 30th anniversary season. UConn joins Boston College, Boston University, the University of Maine, the University of Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Merrimack College, the University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University, the University of Notre Dame, Providence College and the University of Vermont to round out the league's membership.

Over the past 30 years, Hockey East has cemented itself as the nation's elite college hockey league, having earned 38 berths in the NCAA Frozen Four and boasting eight NCAA title winners: the University of Maine in 1993 and 1999, Boston University in 1995 and 2009, Boston College in 2001, 2008, 2010 and 2012.